by Mendi Benigni | Oct 5, 2018 | Assessment, Engagement, OAKS
Since OAKS is hosted off-campus (with D2L/Brightspace) is it subject to monthly upgrades. Because of the rapid changes, TLT cannot keep up with creating customized tutorials and therefore has decided to link to the D2L/Brightspace resources and tutorials. Track class...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 5, 2018 | Assessment, Feedback, Formative, OAKS, Summative, Uncategorized
These tutorials cover tools that are used for assessing and grading student work. Tools such as: Grade book Tool Rubrics Tool Quizzes Tool Assignments Tool (a.k.a. Dropbox) Create a grading system As an instructor, you can determine how to set up your grade book to...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 5, 2018 | Collaboration, Communication, Engagement, Group Work, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS
These tutorials are all about interacting with your students via the: Activity Feed Announcements/News Tool Discussion Tool Groups Tool Post messages and links to course materials in the Activity Tool Activity Feed is a course homepage widget that provides a central...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 5, 2018 | Accessibility, Content Delivery, OAKS, Uncategorized
Creating Course Content Instructors can create course content with the following tools: Create course content with the Content tool Format HTML course content with the HTML Editor tool Add URL links to a course with the Links tool Create a custom learning path in a...
by Mendi Benigni | Jun 12, 2018 | Content Delivery, OAKS
The Content tool is used to display and organize your course materials, for example, your syllabus, web links, lecture notes, readings, etc. Use the Content tool to create, edit, organize, and delete organizational modules and topics in your course. Using the Content...
by Mendi Benigni | Feb 13, 2018 | Assessment, Feedback, Formative, OAKS, Uncategorized
OVERVIEW: VoiceThread is a great tool that is integrated with OAKS (D2L/Brightspace) but few of us use it to it’s greatest potential. With the integration you can quickly and easily add VoiceThreads to Content as well as ASSIGN students tasks such as to watch a...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 14, 2016 | Assessment, OAKS, OAKS, Productivity, Summative
Many times, especially with essay tests, instructors want to grade the answers without knowing who’s test it is. This is known as Blind Grading and is often used to help remove grading bias. The OAKS Quiz tool has a blind grading feature which allows you to...
by Mendi Benigni | Sep 7, 2016 | Assessment, Content Delivery, Engagement, Presentation
The OAKS VoiceThread integration has undergone a change, making it easier to add VoiceThreads (VT) to OAKS and giving instructors a new way to assign VTs. With the new integration instructors can: assign students to create and submit their own VT. require students to...
by Mendi Benigni | Feb 5, 2016 | Assessment, Communication, Content Delivery, Feedback, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS, Presentation
VoiceThread is an online digital storytelling program that allows users to upload pictures or presentations then add a voice or video recording as commentary. Because it’s online it’s also very easy to share with individuals or your course. Per the VoiceThread site...
by Mendi Benigni | Jan 8, 2016 | Communication, Content Delivery, OAKS, OAKS, OAKS, Productivity
Step-by-Step Video Tutorial Depending on how you run your course and how you use OAKS you may not want or need the standard OAKS Homepage (News, Upcoming Events, Etc.) There is a way to change that page to display only a tool, such as Content, so that’s the...
